dvd recorder store avi on hdd

my mate has a dvd recorder he wanted to sell to me for a good price i wanted to know it can play avi divx mpeg4 mpg mpeg it has a 250gb hdd can you copy the videos from a usb flash stick or a sd card to the hdd ??

and i also wanted to know when i rec a video from my PlayStation or wii ect to the dvd recorder can i then copy it to a flash stick or sd card i hate having to burn dvds